Actor

Ed Asner

168 credited titles on WatchWise

Edward Asner (November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021), commonly known as Ed Asner, was an American film, television, stage, and voice actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild, primarily known for his Emmy Award-winning role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series, Lou Grant. In 2009, he starred as the voice of Carl Fredricksen in Pixar's award-winning animated film, Up. In early 2011, Asner returned to television as butcher Hank Greziak in Working Class, the first original sitcom on cable channel CMT.

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Ed Asner in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$187.6B · 56% hit rate

Biggest hit

Change of Habit

$1250.0B

Standout efficiency

625000.0x

Change of Habit · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$187.7B

Combined reported budget

$93M

Gross / budget

2025.0x

Bankability Index

71 / 100

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